Submissions

I like submissions. I think as a BJJ person you should like submissions, but some people seem to think there’s such a thing as submissions that are more honorable or superior. That seems counterintuitive to a martial art built on self defense principles. If you’re trying to hurt me and I hurt you first, does it matter how I did that? I don’t think so. Even if you train sport BJJ, at some point you should have a working knowledge of the skills to break and defend all parts of the body. The use of some submissions should be limited until you have the correct body awareness, but limiting the available techniques at your disposal only weakens Jiu Jitsu.